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• Three HDP members jailed in Tatvan 

  Political genocide operations of the AKP regime against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue increasingly.
• ISIS gangs reorganize in rural Iraq 

  ISIS gangs lost their last stronghold in March 2019 in the battle led by the SDF. Despite claims that the fight against ISIS is over, the most recent reports paint a different picture.
• CENI: The “peace corridor” is part of war-mongering plans 

  CENI warned that any aggression on the Democratic Federation of Northern and Eastern Syria will constitute an attack on all of humanity.
• KON-MED calls for protests against Turkish invasion on August 10 

  KON-MED called on Kurds and allies to attend marches and rallies on August 10.
• Two people jailed in Antep over social media posts 

  The Turkish regime’s arrests on the basis of fabricated accusations continue uninterrupted.
• HDP office raided, co-chairs detained in Muş 

  Police raided the HDP office and houses of co-chairs of the party in Muş province.
• Three people including a pregnant woman detained in Amed 

  Police raided a home and detained three people, including a pregnant woman in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Letter to UK Foreign Secretary on Hasankeyf and the Ilisu Dam 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign is among the promoters of the initiative.
• KCDK-E calls for massive protests against Turkish occupation 

  The Europe-wide Kurdish umbrella organisation  KCDK-E called for demonstrations against the Turkish occupation efforts in Kurdistan this weekend. Protests have already been announced in numerous places.
• 3 detained in Ankara and Kars 

  2 people were detained in police raids in Ankara and 1 in Kars.
• Bremen protests Turkish invasion 

  A demonstration was held in Bremen, Germany to protest the Turkish state’s threats against Rojava and the occupation in Afrin.
• Campaign for burned lands of Rojava farmers 

  The campaign Make Rojava Green Again has launched efforts to compensate farmers whose wheat and barley fields were set on fire in Rojava and northern Syria.
• Turkey and the US to set up ‘joint operations center’ 

  The US agreed to set up ‘joint operations center’ with the Turkish regime that has been threatening to launch a new occupation attack against the Kurds in North and East Syria.
• Lawyers met Öcalan on Imralı today 

  Lawyers Newroz Uysal and Rezan Sarıca met their client Abdullah Öcalan.
• Week 372 in the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, the longest protest organised by Kurds in Europe, has been taken over by a new group of activists on its 372nd week.
• Turkish regime orders ‘mobilisation’ along the border 

  The Turkish regime, which announced an imminent invasion attack against North and East Syria, has sent a ‘mobilisation order’ to the cities and towns in border region.
• Pentagon chief: US will prevent ‘unacceptable’ Turkish incursion 

  Defence Secretary Mark Esper said that any move by Turkey to invade northern Syria would be unacceptable.
• Mass grave discovered in Musenna, Iraq 

  Many people flocked to the region hoping to find the remains of their relatives.
• July deadliest month since May 2017 in Afghanistan, says UNAMA 

  UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan called on all parties not to ramp up military operations thinking that doing so will give them a stronger position in talks about peace.
• Sinn Féin: End delaying legislation on presidential voting rights 

  "The government must stand by their commitment and publish the referendum Bill without any further delay," said Sinn Féin President.
• Victims of ISIS genocide in Shengal commemorated in Sweden 

  Kurds and their friends demonstrated in the squares of Stockholm, Helsingborg, Örebro, Västerås in Sweden to commemorate the victim of ISIS genocide in Shengal on 3 August 2014.
• More protests in Hong Kong 

  Hong Kong police fired multiple tear gas rounds on Saturday night in confrontations with black-clad activists in the city’s Kowloon area.
• Families held event to commemorate victims of Suruç massacre 

  An event was organized in Abbasağa Park to mark the 4th anniversary of the Suruç massacre. 
• Explosion at military airport in Syria, casualties 

  At least 31 regime fighters were killed as a result of an explosion involving ammunition at a military airport in central Syria.
• DTK, HDK, HDP to announce "important" decisions today 

  The DTK, HDK, HDP and all its components as well as the co-mayors, will make a statement containing “important" messages on Sunday.